From: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org (precious-things-digest) To: precious-things-digest@smoe.org Subject: precious-things-digest V3 #167 Reply-To: precious-things@smoe.org Sender: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "precious-things-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. precious-things-digest Tuesday, May 5 1998 Volume 03 : Number 167 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Tori Amos From the Choirgirl Hotel Desktop Theme [Dennis Snelders ] tori article... [BF & VA Maier ] UK Crucify box set update (time-sensitive!) [Nadyne Mielke ] Re: Tori T-shirts and Necklaces wanted [Robert L Reynolds ] Re: Tori T-shirts and Necklaces wanted ["Mark Biscomb, or so they say..."] Leno ["Ellis, Melanie S" ] Re: I AM HAV ING A HEART ATTACK OVER FTCH [MUSlCRAM ] Virtual Tori Postcards [pigs@swva.net (Erin Martin)] I AM HAV ING A HEART ATTACK OVER FTCH [Myralovr ] "D'oh!" say www.tori.com ["Mike Gray" ] Cool "Choirgirl" advert on German TV. ["Mike Gray" ] another necklace [Cynthia Lawson Jaramillo ] got the album AND the litho [Mireya ] Seating Chart for Spectrum in Philly [Beth Coulter ] Philly Spectrum Website! [Beth Coulter ] FW: *whimper* ["Ellis, Melanie S" ] Re: Yet ANOTHER Tori article [sabrina ] ** Tori In MN ** [ally ] Billboard Review ["Geoff Moore" ] Rosemont in Chicago **Time Sensitive for RDT** [A Faerie ] ADMIN: Posting etiquette [Michael Curry ] Re: another necklace [Jack Lobingier ] tori stores in san francisco [Cindy26471 ] northern lad [hollow chocolate bunny of death ] Need Stuff ["Kyla Dyresen (MSS)" ] Re: Re: Tori in Madison Sq? [Mac456789 ] Spark video [Phyllis Lynn Spiece ] Re: northern lad [ToriPyro ] Album Review/Address Change :) [Shawn=Delahanty%Students%SJC@dante.saintj] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 14:37:20 +0200 From: Dennis Snelders Subject: Tori Amos From the Choirgirl Hotel Desktop Theme Hi: I just wanted to let you know that I created a Tori Amos From the Choirgirl Hotel Desktop Theme, which you can download at my site. Go to http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/lot/1017/desktop.html for more info or to download it. While you^Òre there, please stop by my Tori Amos page ^ÑLittle Amsterdam^Ò! I hope you like this, Dennis e-mail: dsnelders@geocities.com Dutch Tori Amos page 'Little Amsterdam': http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/lot/1017/littleamsterdam.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 07:46:28 -0400 From: Nadyne Mielke Subject: Re: Tori in Madison Sq? At 11:33 PM 5/4/98 -0600, Warren C. Jaycox wrote: > I think this would explain a lot, including Denver. Does anyone >know of a specific concert date that WILL BE handled by TicketMaster? I >think we've all just ASSUMED that TM would be handling the ToriDates. >Perhaps not. Folks, I'm going to say this one more time. Chill out. Just like we saw when the club tour info was first released and the clubs couldn't tell us anything, you're gonna see that again with TicketMaster. The grunts answering the phone for TicketMaster just don't have that kind of information, and won't have it the same time we find out. If your show doesn't have an on-sale date listed, just calm down and wait. I know everyone is really excited that the dates have been announced, and want their tickets -NOW-, but bugging the folks at TicketMaster and the venue just ain't the right way to proceed here. www.tori.com has been - -incredible- thus far at keeping us up-to-date with any and all information that's available regarding the tour, so has www.toriamos.org. Keep your eyes on those two sites {and it doesn't take long to check them out, I promise!}. If you hear a local announcement of when tickets go on sale {'cause sometimes your radio station will beat www.tori.com's webmaster to the punch}, please share the information here, we'll all appreciate it. In the interim, just take a deep breath and be patient. /nad ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 May 1998 00:23:25 +1000 From: BF & VA Maier Subject: tori article... greetings tori admirers! :) this article appeared here in australia, in the current issue of who weekly magazine, and i wanted to share it with you guys, so i typed it up... >From Who Weekly magazine [Australia], May 11th 1998: ********************************************* "TORI^ÒS DARK INSPIRATION" *************************** A straightjacket religious upbringing and being raped at gunpoint by a fan in the 80s have, not surprisingly, scarred American popster Tori Amos. The experiences gave the angst ridden 34-year old singer plenty of ammunition for her first three solo albums. Her latest, from the choirgirl hotel, is equally charged with emotion - but for different reasons. Much of her new material was derived from a 1996 miscarriage. "I still have love for this being," she says. "And that love became the seed for this music. It was a very dark phase." Life is brighter since her marriage this year to British sound engineer Mark Hawley. The couple met on her 1996 world tour and tied the knot on February 22 at a Buckinghamshire church where the wedding party arrived behind two flaming-torchbearers in monks^Ò habits. Hawley, 33, a "shy computer boffin", and his feisty new wife fled in a horse-drawn carriage for a brief honeymoon. "I^Òm not saying where," she says. "Some things are sacred." But not religion, which is fair game for the North Carolina preacher^Òs daughter, in spite of her church nuptials. Her take on the virgin birth is typically forthright: "There was no semen involved," she says. "To me it was a penis-less birth. All the girls^Ò bits are there but where are the male bits?". Tori - a moniker coined to replace her "awful" real name, Myra - was a child prodigy: She learned to play the piano as a 2-year-old and by 5 was on a music scholarship. But a preference for Led Zeppelin derailed her parents^Ò plans for a classical career. Although she has since become a songwriter keen on synthesisers, piano remains her first musical love. "Remember when they cut the finger off Holly Hunter in ^ÑThe Piano^Ò? You heard this scream in the cinema from me," she recalls. "Of course it had to become all about me. I held the whole fucking cinema hostage to my pain." The article is also accompanied by a little photograph of Tori^Òs face. She appears to be poking her head out of a cane chest and the caption underneath it reads: "A CHOIR TASTE: ^Ñ Mark and I are hermits,^Ò says singer Amos." *faerieblessings* heidi :) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 11:40:57 -0400 From: Nadyne Mielke Subject: UK Crucify box set update (time-sensitive!) As I think y'all are aware, I'm auctioning off a UK Crucify box set. All net proceeds from this go to RAINN. You not only get a highly collectible Tori item with live tracks you won't find anywhere else, but you also get to make a cool contribution to RAINN. :) The current high bid on this item is $135. The minimum next bid is $136. {You are, of course, welcome to bid more than that!} The auction ends - -TONIGHT- at 8pm EDT, and I will be adhering to that strictly. If you would like to place a bid, or if you have any questions, just email me and I'll take care of you. :) Thanks for the bandwidth. :) /nad ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 18:51:02 +0300 From: "Kaj-Michael Lang" Subject: Services (Mail aliases/urlredir/cnames) (offtopic) I've registered my own doman some time ago, tal.org and it's serves my mail/ftp and web. At the time I registered "tal" really didn't mean anything, "ta" came of course from "Tori Amos" but the "l" was just something. (Well, actyally it has to do with "Lang" my last name... but it wasn't any good) But now when I was chatting with a IRC friend he came up with "Tori Amos Lovers" and that sure hits the spot ! So now tal.org stands for "Tori Amos Lovers Organisation". So, now you ask what the f*** this has to do with you ? Well, I was thinking about offering some services to all Ears with Feet, I'm not sure yet if I'll even start offering but I would like to know if someone would even be interested. So here's what I have in mind: 1. Mail aliases, like yourname@tal.org, I.Love.Tori@tal.org, ewf@tal.org, tori.rules@tal.org, etc 2. URL redirection. Some of you have very loooong URL (geocities mainly) and what I was thinking about was something like these: http://tal.org/yoursite 3. This is a BIG maybe, but CNAME's for your computer if it has a static IP. Some DNS names can be quite long or wont' make any sense, so you could have a DNS like: mycomputer.tal.org, whatever.tal.org, www.myname.tal.org, etc So there... please mail me if these services would be usefull to you. I'm not sure if it would be free, running a server is not, but I wouldn't charge much. Maybe something in the line of 100-200 FIM/year, it's about $30 I think. So tell me what you think ! /--------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Kaj-Michael Lang | WWW: http://www.tal.org | | Kaskentie 5 C9 | E-Mail: milang@tal.org | | 20720 Turku | milang@onion.sip.fi | | FINLAND | milang@infa.abo.fi | |-------------------------| klang@abo.fi | | GSM: +358-(0)40-5271058 | FTP: ftp://ftp.tal.org | |--------------------------------------------------------------------| | CS@ÅA DBMS&CGI&PHP&HelpDesk&PTRoot&Coding@SIP Ltd | | Software is like sex; it's better when it's free. - Linus Torvalds | \--------------------------------------------------------------------/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 10:14:45 -0600 From: Billings@WHAD.com Subject: RE: Tori in Madison Sq? I agree with your rationale, Nadyne Mielke; but it is now May 5! Tickets "reportedly" go on sale in 4 days (for the Chicago Rosemont Theater show), and we have yet to hear such necessary info as price, availability, and - of course - WHO IS SELLING THE TICKETS? During the club tour, all pertinent info was available at least a week prior to the tickets going on sale. And while I might have some sympathy for the poor slob answering the same questions over and over while working at a nightclub for just above minimum wage, I hardly have any remorse about bugging the shit out of those right bastards at TicketFascists, and I hope that the rumor that they will NOT be handling any Tori ticket sales is correct (this seems unlikely unless a better method of ticketing is instituted; judging by the amount of time it took to dispense tickets for the small-venue club tour, it would be unfeasible to use this method for large venues). But I digress... I just feel that - with only four days to go - folks have a right to get a little antsy. I am not so concerned about price (I am sure it will be in the neighborhood of $30 per ticket) as I am about location of ticket sales. It is considerably more difficult for me to shlep out to the Rosemont Theater than it is to walk down the block to the local TicketFascist outlet. As I said, I would prefer that TicketFascist be cut out completely - I just need to know if I should arrange a ride out to the theater or not, and how early I need to get there. If anyone can confirm ANYTHING about - specifically - the Chicago Rosemont show, PLEASE let me know. You may email privately, if you prefer; but I'll wager that most folks on the list(s) will want to know this info as well. Peace all! D. Eric Billingsley "What have you done with his body?????" - Mrs. Buttle (BRAZIL) - -----Original Message----- From: Nadyne Mielke [mailto:nadyne@rmta.org] Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 1998 5:46 AM To: precious-things@smoe.org; torinews@smoe.org Subject: Re: Tori in Madison Sq? At 11:33 PM 5/4/98 -0600, Warren C. Jaycox wrote: > I think this would explain a lot, including Denver. Does anyone >know of a specific concert date that WILL BE handled by TicketMaster? I >think we've all just ASSUMED that TM would be handling the ToriDates. >Perhaps not. Folks, I'm going to say this one more time. Chill out. Just like we saw when the club tour info was first released and the clubs couldn't tell us anything, you're gonna see that again with TicketMaster. The grunts answering the phone for TicketMaster just don't have that kind of information, and won't have it the same time we find out. If your show doesn't have an on-sale date listed, just calm down and wait. I know everyone is really excited that the dates have been announced, and want their tickets -NOW-, but bugging the folks at TicketMaster and the venue just ain't the right way to proceed here. www.tori.com has been - -incredible- thus far at keeping us up-to-date with any and all information that's available regarding the tour, so has www.toriamos.org. Keep your eyes on those two sites {and it doesn't take long to check them out, I promise!}. If you hear a local announcement of when tickets go on sale {'cause sometimes your radio station will beat www.tori.com's webmaster to the punch}, please share the information here, we'll all appreciate it. In the interim, just take a deep breath and be patient. /nad ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 17:03:11 +0100 From: "Toots" Subject: Jackie's Strength Chords Hello all! Okay, I'm not exactly sure of the desire for these, but seeing as "Jackie's Strength" is my favourite song I worked out the chords for the guitar... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Intro: C G Am F Verse: C G F Am G F C G C G F Am G F C G Chorus: Dm C Em E A Dm C Em E A As intro for end: C G F Am ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, I hope that's of use to someone...=)) Julie =) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...who could ever say you're not simply wonderful... ...who could ever harm you... - --Tori Amos - "Merman"-- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 12:26:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert L Reynolds Subject: Re: Tori T-shirts and Necklaces wanted Hi everybody! I'm really new to the list, and I don't have a whole lot of stuff to trade that I'm sure everyone else doesn't already have, but if anyone has an extra raspberry swirl necklace lying around somewhere, I'd be quite willing to attempt to work something out with the very kind person! :) - -Rob (enjoying the new album immensely) ~~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Robert Reynolds rreynol3@utk.edu Dark Prince "The rebellion is not about what clothes you are wearing or whether you turn your back to the audience - it's not about shocking for the shock's sake. It's not about singing Smack My Bitch Up and pretending to be hard. All you do is to get your name on K-Mart's black list. It easy, and boring. So Prodigy, if you want to be hard, go to an abortion clinic and try to help those girls who have had an abortion in a front of 20 shotguns. Try to be rough and don't tell how you beat up your girlfriends, if you got the balls to do that." -Tori Amos http://web.utk.edu/~rreynol3/index.html ~~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* On Tue, 5 May 1998, Julie Cesario. wrote: > > Hi! > > O.K. I'm pleading with anyone and everyone...if your going to any of the > concerts could you possibly be kind enough to get me some stuff.... > email me and we can work out a deal...i'm from Australia and am unable to > make the plugged concerts > Thanx > talk to later > Julie > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 12:45:46 EDT From: PeacePoet2 Subject: Raspberry Swirl Necklace Tape Trade Hiya folks, I am DYING to get a Raspberry Swirl necklace! I will trade a tape from the Thursday night concert, or a tape from the DDI tour, UtP, or LE. I also have Forgotten Earthquakes-B-Sides. If you would like to work out a trade deal, PLEASE e-mail me!! My mom said I have to wait till I'm 16 to go to ANY concert (is this fair? NO!), so the only hope I have of getting a necklace is trading for one. This is just another one of my mom's stupid parenting rules. No concerts till 16! She's not going to hear the end of this!! So anyway, DON'T SELL YOUR NECKLACE! TRADE WITH ME! We can work out a money+tape, or tape+tape deal if needed. Peace, Manda Choutka PeacePoet2@AOL.com "Hold onto nothing, as fast as you can"-Tori Amos ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 10:02:20 -0700 (PDT) From: "Mark Biscomb, or so they say..." Subject: Re: Tori T-shirts and Necklaces wanted Yeah! Me too! I got the necklace, but was short on the $$ so I couldn't get the shirt. If someone going to one of the next shows could possibly buy one for me, I'd be MORE than willing to shell out the $$ now (I do have it now!). If anyone can oblige, please PM me! Peace, Love, and the Godesses-- Mark ______________________________________________________________________________ "if the divine master plan is perfection maybe next i'll give judas a try" -tori amos: "spark" - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Is there such a thing as a water-buffalo-cat? -Tori Amos ______________________________________________________________________________ "Once the bleeding starts, the cleansing can begin..." -Tori Amos ______________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 13:43:43 -0500 From: "Ellis, Melanie S" Subject: Leno What day is Tori on Leno?? Daisy Melanie ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 16:43:48 EDT From: MUSlCRAM Subject: Re: I AM HAV ING A HEART ATTACK OVER FTCH i have had the album since saturday and its all i listen too, im so excited over this album, which means more singles, more b-sides and a hell of alot of tori, life is grand....... Rob ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 16:43:14 -0400 From: pigs@swva.net (Erin Martin) Subject: Virtual Tori Postcards Hi! I want to send some friends "Happy Tori Day" postcards. Can anybody give me the URL for a site with virtual Tori postcards? Email me privately if you know of any! Thank you! Silence faith and luck, Erin ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 14:43:08 EDT From: Myralovr Subject: I AM HAV ING A HEART ATTACK OVER FTCH Oh my, this album, I just bought it, and let me tell you, it's cranked up loud and it's so different and it's the most incredible thing I 've ever heard, I feel like I'm gonna fall over it is so completely new and amazing yet soooooo Tori still which is great...Raspberry Swirl is mind-boggling, so is Cruel...HOLY MOLY....... Let me go breathe....she's a GODDESS in human form..... - --Christine "...If you want inside her well, boy you better make her raspberry swirl things are getting desperate..." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 18:57:10 +0100 From: "Mike Gray" Subject: "D'oh!" say www.tori.com Hi guys... It appears that whoever runs Tori.Com has made a mistake with the real-video for "Cornflake Girl"... but there's a solution. *SAVE* the ".RAM" file to your hard disk, and edit it - where it says "atlrec.com" change it to "atlantic-records.com" and then save it back. Open that in "RealPlayer", and joy of joys - it works... oh, and the server doesn't seem too busy, either.. ;) Cheers Mike ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 21:42:15 +0100 From: "Mike Gray" Subject: Cool "Choirgirl" advert on German TV. Hi Guys.. Has anyone seen the advert for "Choirgirl" on the German station "Viva" or "Viva 2", it's pretty good. There's clips from the Spark videos, and Professional Widow video, and Spark is playing in the background. Then there's the album cover, it says that she's on tour there in June, and shows a little E/W logo. Pretty good. I'll try and screen grab it next time it's on! Cheers Mike ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 14:43:50 -0600 From: "Diana" Subject: Tori Radio Broadcast For whoever's interested: I taped the radio broadcast last night of the Park West show. If anyone is need of a copy, let me know. I'd be willing to do a trade, or if you want to send money for a tape and shipping. It's a great show including songs from the new cd, interviewage, and half hour of the concert. Diana ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 12:43:57 -0500 From: Cynthia Lawson Jaramillo Subject: another necklace Hello my fellow EWF's, I am in Bogota, Colombia, and was just thinking how I could feel part of all these messages relating the best and the worst of the unplugged tour. Being so far from a slight chance of seeing Tori in the meantime, I think a souvenir from a concert would make me feel part of all this going on North of the border. If anyone could let me know how I could get a necklace and/or t-shirt, I'd appreciate it very much. gracias, muchas gracias. xx Cynthia ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 10:43:46 -0700 From: Mireya Subject: got the album AND the litho Hi all! I am so very very happy today... I went to Face the Music in Eugene, Oregon this morning to buy FtCH. This was one of the stores giving out the lithograph w/ the album. There were about 10-15 people waiting to get in before the store opened. Listening to it right now, and I LOVE it! But I was really thrilled with litho... it's beautiful. It's on thick smooth paper, 12" wide and about 28" long, white border around one of the photocopier pics (her laying on her side in the blackish-grey dress). It's really gorgeous. Now I've just got to find a frame that will fit it. The album is wonderful... any worries I might have had are totally gone... I am in heaven! My favorite song so far is Cruel, but they're all so good it's hard to decide. Well, Bye! Mireya ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 17:12:10 -0400 From: Beth Coulter Subject: Seating Chart for Spectrum in Philly http://www.mediacity.com/~csuppes/NBA/Philadelphia76ers/oldindex.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 16:54:12 -0400 From: Beth Coulter Subject: Philly Spectrum Website! This site is courtesy of WB17. It has directions, phone #'s, etc. http://www.wphltv.com/sports/venues/spectrum/index.htm Fairy Blessings, Bethey I'm OK when everything's not OK cause it's the Fairies Revenge they say and I have always been a Fairy *************************************************************** I gave my life to become the person I am. Was it worth it? - -richard bach- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 13:39:00 -0500 From: "Ellis, Melanie S" Subject: FW: *whimper* > ---------- > From: Ellis, Melanie S > Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 1998 1:37 PM > To: 'preciuos-things@smoe.org' > Subject: *whimper* > > OOOOOOOOO I hate this! > > I just want to cry! All this Tori mania going on, and I have exams! I have > waited so desperately for the new album and all this hubbub, and I have > been too busy to even read the preciousthings digest!!! I feel so DAMN > uninformed!!! Luckily I have the two spark singles...does anyone else > think that Tori looks, well, not so good in those pics included in the > CD?? Gotta get my butt over to the store to get FTCGH... > > I heard from a friend that Tori is going to be in Milwaukee soon...anyone > know of this? Is this just for the tour, or is it some other event (what > that would be I dont know...). I cant even dream of going to the club > tour. But im hitting all the concerts in Wisconsin for the full length > tour!!! Oh yeah, baby, oh yeah!!! > > Any info on the full length tour out yet???? > > A much stressed out Daisy Melanie > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 21:16:16 +0200 From: sabrina Subject: Re: Yet ANOTHER Tori article Ok, I'm posting this to Precious Things only, since this isn't news. I've received some emails concerning my post about the Tori article in the magazine "Visions". I've finished reading it, and it's pretty good. Some of the stuff you might know.. other stuff is new to me, like the mention of some internet psycho who apparantly knows every detail of Tori, which even scared the shit out of her (hey, are you on the list?). My question is this: Is there any amount of interest for me to translate this? The reason I ask is, because I've translated stuff in the past, and have gotten zero feedback, which makes me wonder if people read it at all. So if you'd like me to translate this article and send it to the Dent and other webpages, *please email me privately*. I'm not sure if the article is worth translating if only 2 or 3 people are going to end up reading it, and translating a lengthy article takes up a huge amount of time. But if there's interest, I'd be really glad to do you guys this favor. sabrina ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 13:08:42 -0500 From: ally Subject: ** Tori In MN ** I just got off the phone with a really nice guy at ticketmaster and he said that Tori tickets for the MINNEAPOLIS SHOW AT THE NORTHRUP are going on sale SATURDAY MAY 9, 1998 at 10am. It is $25 plus $5 (if you order tix by phone) and then a $3 service charge. *** IF YOU ARE GOING TO THE VENUE TO BUY TICKETS(either Ticketmaster Box office or Northrup Box office) *** YOU MUST BE THERE _BY_ 9 AM -- you will be assigned a NUMBER and they will then do tickets BY RAFFLE *** When I called, there was NO information about a Milwaukee show - but he told me all the same information that Danica did about the Chicago show. Since I live in no-man's land, I'm going to the Daytons in Eau Claire (Oakwood) around 7-7:30am. Any other Toriphiles who are going there too - please email me! (: ally ps: i'm SO excited!! ~*~ why can't my ba.ll.oo.n stay up ~*~ ~*~ in a perfectly windy sky ~*~ http://crono.net/~ally ~*~ The Pool of Tori Amos ~*~ http://crono.net/~ally/torimain.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 17:06:47 -0400 From: "Geoff Moore" Subject: Billboard Review This is the Billboard review. It's pretty good... sorry if someone's posted this already. SPOTLIGHT TORI AMOS / from the choirgirl hotel Producer(s): Tori Amos Atlantic 83095 POP Originally Reviewed In Billboard, Issue Date: 5/9/98 Having mastered the solo piano format, Tori Amos has turned her attention toward producing, arranging, and performing as an instrumentalist/vocalist within a band - an approach she tested on her 1996 opus, "Boys For Pele." On this, her fourth full-length solo effort, Amos is in full bloom as the leader of an inspired, experimental ensemble that helps her realize her large artistic visions. Also distinguished by its more melody-friendly tunes, this album is likely to expand Amos' huge global fan base, which is among the most ardent in the industry. Highlights of "choirgirl" include the soulful, plaintive "Playboy Mommy"; the dark, tribal "Cruel"; the gorgeous "Black-Dove (January)"; and lead single "Spark," a hit on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. An album with tremendous potential at alternative rock, triple-A, college, and pop radio, as well as among club spinners, who are encouraged to check out the electrifying "Raspberry Swirl." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 12:20:11 -0500 From: A Faerie Subject: Rosemont in Chicago **Time Sensitive for RDT** Ok, This info from the Chicago mailing list I've been on from the previous Club Show tour, I thought I'd share since as of now, noone else has...... tickets go on sale for the rosemont show this saturday at NOON. they are $27.75 + $5.75 + $3 per order. Now, PLEASE don't email me with a ton of questions, this is all that was listed and all i know, i dont know anything else about any other dates. Agree'd with /nad, everyone needs to calm down, frekaing out and posting a zillion emails asking if anyone knows info is NOT going to make the ticket information come any sooner. Like i just did with the Rosemont, people will let us know things as soon as they find out! If you want more info on this Rosemont date, call them NOT email me, cause i've just warned ya, and i will not answer your email :P Some people read the news, then don't finnish the email ( and ill still get email about this! ) Danica - -- http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/5612/torimp3.html - - Tori Amos: A Realm of Mp3's Website ....Make me laugh, say you know...what you want http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/5612/glittermain.html All That Glitters....Is Sour (my homepage) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 21:14:16 +0200 From: sabrina Subject: Wall of Sound review Didn't see this posted, so here's another review. I've pasted it for those who don't have web access. If you'd like to see it for yourself go to www.wallofsound.com/reviews - ----------------------------------------------- Tori Amos: from the choirgirl hotel Atlantic Alternative Rating: 80 "Spark" RealAudio: choose 56K or 28.8 "Cruel" RealAudio: choose 56K or 28.8 "Black-Dove (January)" RealAudio: choose 56K or 28.8 "Raspberry Swirl" RealAudio: choose 56K or 28.8 "Jackie's Strength" RealAudio: choose 56K or 28.8 The use of one's art as a therapist's couch could hardly be considered something new under the sun, but few performers of the modern-rock era unburden themselves in a manner as simultaneously visceral and willfully obscure as does Tori Amos. After all, it was Amos who wrote so chillingly about being raped in "Me and a Gun," a song from 1992's quirky, yet deeply affecting, Little Earthquakes. On from the choirgirl hotel, her fourth solo album, Amos wastes little time in revealing dark secrets: "Spark," the lead track and first single, deals with her miscarriage and the wrenching doubts^×about her femininity, her humanity, and God^×left in its wake. Except for one painfully cogent verse^×"She's convinced she could hold back a glacier/ But she couldn't keep baby alive/ Doubting if there's a woman in there somewhere/ Here"^×the song is a series of lyrical blind alleys about "Trusting my soul to the ice cream assassin" and being addicted to nicotine patches. Say what? Yet somehow the little girls^×and the big girls who make up Amos's core audience^×understand. After all, in her songs that are alternately assertive and self-excoriating, Amos is a bitch, she's a lover, she's a child, she's a mother^×but never in such pedestrian terms. Amos is not so much a one-woman Lilith Fair as she is the modern-day embodiment of Lilith herself^×an alternative Earth mother who is standing at the ready when Plan A goes horribly awry. On choirgirl hotel, Amos sometimes preaches to the choir itself, addressing women's frustration and rage in songs like "Black-Dove (January)" (which, however obliquely, addresses abuse) and "Jackie's Strength" (which turns JFK's assassination into a song about feminine endurance), yet casually lets drop lines like "You're only popular with anorexia." While such sentiments will surely bring knowing nods from Amos's established host of fans, there's more than enough here to hook newcomers, and maybe even skeptics. This time out, it seems that Amos can meander through the set-ups however long she wants, but when she gets to the punch lines, the effect is devastating. In "Northern Lad," a song about a relationship gone sour, it's this: "Girls you've got to know/ When it's time to turn the page/ When you're only wet/ Because of the rain." In "Raspberry Swirl," she's even more succinct: "If you want inside her/ Well, boy you better make her raspberry swirl." Now there's a message that needs no decoding. One of the primary reasons choirgirl hotel connects is the music. On previous albums, Amos has been content to focus on her piano and her voice^×formidable forces, to be sure, but, when coupled with her dark- side-of-the-moon lyrical bent, the results were often numbing or obtuse. On the new album, the songs are driven by a full band, and the spirit of collaboration and experimentation with up-to-date sounds and loop- happy techniques positively invigorates the music. But this is no calculated electronica move, no craven attempt to keep Amos current at any cost: Ebbing trip-hop rhythms are used judiciously on songs like "Cruel" and "Liquid Diamonds," while shifting time signatures and textures add intrigue to the techno-inspired "Hotel" and the simmering, sinuous "Iieee," which explodes into a caustic full-metal attack. Over it all, Amos's voice swoops and soars, and when she does step up to do a ballad^×say "Jackie's Strength" or "Northern Lad"^×the contrast pushes the emotions of survival and betrayal to new levels. And for once, it all seems to make sense. Despite the occasional lyrical daftness that has plagued past efforts, the sign outside the choirgirl hotel proudly blinks: No Vacancy. ^×Daniel Durchholz - ------------------------------------------------------- sabrina ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 16:26:59 -0500 (CDT) From: Michael Curry Subject: ADMIN: Posting etiquette A few things... 1) As I've mentioned a few times, do *not* send messages to the list that are encoded in some way (mime, html or whatever). Make sure your mail program is set to send plain text before you post. 2) Please do not include precious-things in the to: (or cc:) field of your message with a large number (10+ let's say) of other addresses. Either send two separate messages (one to the list and one to the other recipients) or figure out how to use the blind cc: option on your mail program. Messages where the to:/cc: field is larger than the body of message itself are pretty spammy. 3) I'm not going to forward every "When do tickets go on sale!?!" message to the list, as they accomplish little except for filling peoples' mailboxes. Don't worry, if people have information about sale dates and other details they will post them to the list. Thanks for your cooperation, Mike precious-things co-owner | Michael Curry / mcurry@io.com / mcurry@compuserve.com | | http://www.io.com/~mcurry | | Am I bitter? Do I sound bitter? -- Veda Hille | ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 16:44:29 -0500 From: Jack Lobingier Subject: Re: another necklace Yes I so want this necklace too and willing to pay almost anything for it! Somebody please email me back!! Thanks! Lisabeth jlobin@swbell.net Cynthia Lawson Jaramillo wrote: > Hello my fellow EWF's, > > I am in Bogota, Colombia, and was just thinking how I could feel part of all > these messages relating the best and the worst of the unplugged tour. Being > so far from a slight chance of seeing Tori in the meantime, I think a > souvenir from a concert would make me feel part of all this going on North > of the border. > > If anyone could let me know how I could get a necklace and/or t-shirt, I'd > appreciate it very much. > > gracias, muchas gracias. > > xx > Cynthia ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 18:56:43 EDT From: Cindy26471 Subject: tori stores in san francisco hello, i know this is a crazy time to be asking questions, but i am going to san francisco in about a week and i was wondering if any of you know of some good places to find tori boots/rarities, etc. thanks! cindy26471@AOL.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 18:09:53 -0500 From: hollow chocolate bunny of death Subject: northern lad i've heard comparisons of northern lad to hey jupiter.. the way i hear it is as a sequel to hey jupiter. in my view, it's about her relationship with eric.. she's telling him she's over him now. just my cents, a a lilac mess in your prom dress i guess i'm an underwater thing http://www.overlap.org ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 11:04:30 +1200 From: "Kyla Dyresen (MSS)" Subject: Need Stuff Hi Everyone, Look, I know you have all seen this a million times, and are probably sick of seeing it, but I really really really want a necklace and a T Shirt. Living in New Zealand dosn't help at all seeing it looks like she won't be coming around this time. If you could help me out PLEASE email me privately and we can sort something out. Thanks guys, Kyla xoxox ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 19:41:32 EDT From: Mac456789 Subject: Re: Re: Tori in Madison Sq? HI. 106.3 WHTZ the NJ alternative station announced that the MSG show would go on sale this friday at 8am, through Ticketmaster. They said that bracelets are being handed out at 6am. I'm not sure where they are going to give out the bracelets, though, I think at Roseland. But I guess you can buy tix through the phone, by calling ticketmaster. s. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 20:09:36 -0400 From: Phyllis Lynn Spiece Subject: Spark video WOOHOO! I am so happy to announce that last night i won a raffle and got the official Atlantic Records Spark video. After they show the music video, there is a wonderful 11 minute interview!!!! FABULOUS!!! Tori hugs, Phyllis ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 20:27:45 EDT From: ToriPyro Subject: Re: northern lad In a message dated 5/5/98 7:23:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tree@2z.net writes: << i've heard comparisons of northern lad to hey jupiter. >> this was my first impression of Northern Lad....right away I felt the sadness of Hey Jupiter, and I do feel it is about Eric. Yes, she's in love with Mark and they are happily married, but there are those you'll never forget. I am madly in love with my soulmate but I will never forget my assh*le of an ex- boyfriend. I love this song because it's so sad, and so deep. Also, it is track 9......as was Hey Jupiter.......... loveintori, Vicki "you said we were the real thing"-tori ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 May 98 18:45:24 CDT From: Shawn=Delahanty%Students%SJC@dante.saintjoe.edu Subject: Album Review/Address Change :) I appologize to all of you on the torinews lists and stuff, but I frequently email many of you. I wanted to let you know that since school is ending, my email address is changing as well. My new address (home) is HapyFantm@aol.com Could those in charge of tori-boot, torinews, and precious- things please add that sddress to the list and remove sdd2094@saintjoe.edu. Thanks!! To make this letter somewhat newsworthy, here's the Chiorgirl review from the Chicago Sun Times last week for those of you who don't have internet access (The Park West Show was AMAZING!!): ******************************************************************** Tori Amos, 'from the choirgirl hotel' *** 1/2 Chicago Sun-Times April 30, 1998 by Jim DeRogatis Straddling her piano bench like she's mounting a mechanical bull and virtually beating her piano into submission, Tori Amos displays an intensity that's sorely lacking in other Lilith-style singer- songwriters. Ever since her cover of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit," I've thought that her music would be even more intense and musically involving if she incorporated a solid rock band. (Amos spent time fronting a heavy metal band before reinventing herself on 1992's "Little Earthquakes.") Guess what? Amos' fourth album, which arrives in stores on Tuesday, features the baking of longtime collaborator Steve Canton on guitar, Matt Chamberlain on drums and Jon Evans on bass. The same group will be performing with her tonight at the Park West, part of a 12-city warm- up tour that will be followed by bigger shows later this summer. The band is a welcome addition indeed, but Amos' new album isn't so much of a departure that her legions of dedicated fans will feel betrayed. The focus remains on her virtuosic piano playing and her soaring, swooping, octave-spanning vocals. It's still a love-it or hate-it voice, and a lot of people just can't stomach Amos' sometimes histrionic delivery. But her singing wears out its welcome less quickly when it's in these more elaborate musical settings, as the band evokes the lush, elastic art-rock of late '70s Peter Gabriel or the sound of that famous Amos heroine, Kate Bush. As in the past, Amos is at her best when she's exploring dark psyches and strange obsessions. Thankfully, there's much less of the hippie-dippie New Age mumbo-jumbo that characterized "Boys for Pele" (1996). "She's addicted to nicotine patches/She's afraid of the light in the dark," Amos sings on "Spark," the album's first single. "She's Your Cocaine" is a tale of twisted gender- bending that I'm still trying to figure out, and "Jackie's Strength" flashes on stray childhood images ranging from the Kennedy assassination to David Cassidy lunch boxes before concluding: "If you love enough you'll lie a lot/I guess they did in Camelot." Her Park West concert will be broadcast live on the nationally syndicated radio show "Album Network" (locally on WKQX-FM, 101.1, starts at 8 p.m.), and it also will be filmed for a Real Video "Webcast." Check out her Web site at www.tori.com for more information. ******************************************************************** To my all of my friends on here, sorry for the mass email, but keep in touch!! swirling with raspberries.. shawn.the.little.masochist... ------------------------------ End of precious-things-digest V3 #167 *************************************